Video: Longtime Seattleites are relearning their city

How do you respect the character of a city you just moved to? Listen to Seattle natives give their advice to all the newcomers, then bring on the Seattle love: What's one place you've fallen for in Seattle — whether you've been here your whole life or just a couple months? ❤️Thanks to CityClub for helping us have the conversation! Check out the Civic Health Index for more on how we come together: http://bit.ly/CivicHealth #sponsoredby Seattle CityClub

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People who are from Seattle sometimes worry that people who are not from Seattle don’t get what it’s like to feel attached to the place. “How can transplants best respect the character of the city?” several of you wanted to ask. So we rounded up the answers from a group of Seattle natives and posted a video with their advice last week.

Some transplants were grateful for the tips:

“As a transplant to Seattle, I really appreciate this guidance. ‘Never be dismissive to things that may have an emotional tie to a native Seattleite.’”
— Shaya Lyon

Some of you opened up about the spots you feel connected to, like the UW, where James Cameron met his wife, or the Elliott Bay Book Company, where newbie Clare Sayas takes all her out-of-town guests.

A local political commentator asked a good question:

“I’ve lived in Seattle longer than many natives have been alive. At what point is this transplant’s vision for city valid as @KnuteBerger’s?”
— David Goldstein (“You’re always valid, Goldy!” Knute answered.)

And one local comic considered the idea that Seattle natives have a bigger say in where this city’s going… and poked some fun at it:

There are tricky issues even in the questions you all wanted to ask each otherfor our 10-week series native/transplant series. Let alone the answers, or the issues cropping up as our city grows faster than most of us can make sense of it.